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Lindmargiu. and without aii}' trace of an orange patch beyond it. Underside of 

 forewings like upper ; of hindwiugs like those of coiitiiiua, but the fringe beyond 

 the orange blotch always black. 



Expanse of wings : 45 rum. 



Several e.xamples from Warri, Niger Coast Protectorate, May 189T (Dr. Hoth). 



IK. Tigridoptera sxibradiata sp. nov. 



Forewings: pale blnish slate-colunr ; the base narrowly and dilfuscly, and the 

 siibmediaii fold for four-fifths, liufl': a blackish spot near base on submedian fold ; 

 two black spots near beyond, obliquely one below the other, above the subcosta 

 and below the median vein respectively ; basal line bent on the median and 

 swollen on all the veins ; cell-spot oval, black, followed by four lines of black spots 

 all bent on vein (5, the first of largish subconfluent spots on veins, the second of 

 smaller spots not confluent, the third a cloudy continuous shade, the last a row 

 of elongated black spots between the veins, followed by a semiobsolete similar 

 row ; fringe concolorous ; all the rows of spots are interrupted on the submedian 

 fold, e.\cept the last. 



IliHduitiijs : with a straight line, swollen on veins near base : a nearly 

 round black cell-spot ; the rest as in forewings, but the cloudy shade is absent ; 

 longitudinal streaks of buff below the costal vein, beyond the cell, and on the 

 submedian fold, all stoj)ping as in the forewing at the last row of spots. 



Underside with large round black celI-si)ots and a very broad black sub- 

 marginal fascia, which in the forewings, except at apex, is diffused to the hind- 

 margin. Head and thorax slate-colour ; face with a black bar at toj) ; shoulders 

 and patagia spotted with black ; shoulders laterally buff ; abdomen yellow, with 

 basal segment slate-colour. 



Expanse of wings : tio mm. 



One ? from Mindoro (Platen). 



Allied to exul H. S. and j)ertamia Wlk. from .lava, and to radiolata VVarr. 

 from Palawan ; distinguished by the underside. 



118. Xanthomima disrupta sp. nov. 



Forewings : deep yellow ; the costa finely black, more broadly at base ; a 

 black central bar from costa towards anal angle, very broad on costa, bent at 

 right angles below vein 3 to inner margin at three-fourths ; a submarginal Ijlack 

 baud, also broadest on costa, bent on vein T, and again below vein 3 to inner margin 

 just beyond the central band ; a black marginal border ; the narrow yellow space 

 between the last two more or less clouded with darker except between v.eins 

 3 and 4 ; a broad black horizontal streak above vein 1 from base to hindmargin, 

 touching inner margin at base ; fringe black. 



Uindtcingi : without the horizontal streak ; the other three much narrower 

 than in forewings, the central one of uniform width ; costal edge narrowly black. 



Underside the same, but the two outer bands forming one broad fascia 

 containing an orange-yellow spot between veins 3 and 4 ; central band of 

 forewings showing a black cell-spot attached to its inner edge. Head, shoulders, 

 metathorax, and basal segment of abdomen black ; collar, patugia, and abdomen 

 yellow ; pectus and legs grey. 



Ex])anse of wings : 5".' mm. 



One 6 from Alu, tShorlland Isluudb (Webster). 



